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Grants

Department of War STTR Program

Status

Status not published

Runs alongside the DoW SBIR BAA cycles.

Open now
Amount
Not published

STTR requires formal partnership with a US research institution performing at least 30% of the work; the small business performs at least 40%. Award sizes track the DoW SBIR ranges.

Funder

U.S. Department of War (Office of Small Business Programs)

public · national

Deadline: One call a year — Runs alongside the DoW SBIR BAA cycles.

Your odds
Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort
major

Major bid — written case, budget, possibly partners.

Who can apply

Mandatory partnership with a US university, federally funded R&D centre or non-profit research institution. US-owned and -controlled for-profit small business with 500 or fewer employees; principal investigator primarily employed by the firm (SBIR) or work split with a research institution (STTR). Non-dilutive; no repayment.

How to apply

  1. Register the company in SAM.gov, obtain a UEI, and register on SBIR.gov
  2. Confirm eligibility: US for-profit small business, <=500 employees, majority US-owned
  3. Review the agency's current solicitation/topic list and select a topic
  4. Prepare and submit the Phase I proposal via the agency submission portal by the deadline
  5. If awarded Phase I, complete the work and apply for Phase II continuation

What you will need

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work · The EU SME definition (Recommendation 2003/361) · SBIR vs STTR: what actually differs

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://www.dodsbirsttr.mil/ · not human-checked

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: funder's homepage — the programme page was not found

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